Newsstand cabinet



May 25, 1954 E. L. BENNETT 7 2,679,444 NEWSSTAND CABINET Filed Aug. 7, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 l5 Fig. 4

Edgar Lloyd Bennett 1N VEN TOR.

BY WZFM May 25, 1954 E. L. BENNETT 2,679,444 NEWSSTAND CABINET Filed Aug. 7, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig- 5 20 Edgar Lloyd Bennett L: 1: 2 n INVENTOR.

Q (flow 3% Patented May 25, 1954 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a news stand cabinet adapted to be placed at street corners or other exposed places, and to be used for the storage and sale of newspapers and magazines.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel, compact and l ht weight cabinet of the above kind which is sin e d durable in construction, and economical to manufacture.

i nether object is to provide a news stand h adapted to conspicuously carry 01'' r: ovable and reversible panels atter on the opposite faces n nt being such that difg n tter may be displayed or substituted from he to time. Thus, advertisingspace on the cabinet may be rented to various manufacturers desiring to inform and remind the public of their products.

It is well known that persons engaged in the sale of newspapers and magazines at street corners and. other similarly exposed places have considerable difficulty in handling their wares A further object, therefore, is to provide a news stand cabinet by means of which the handling and sale of in tated, and by means of which protected against wind, rain or uneven surface; to provide means for readily locking the cabinet in closed condition; to proholding and segregating a large the upper compartment which form projecting awnings adapted to shelter the contents of the racks when in open position.

The exact nature of the present invention will be apparent from the following description when considered with accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a cabinet outwardly to displaying one of the front doors turned so that its rack is in displaying position, and with the other front door turned so that its rack is half way between displaying and concealing elevational view of the caband closan enlarged fragmentary vertical on the line fi-t of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is an enlarged section taken on the line Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section, partly broken away and in section, taken on the line 2-t of Figure 3.

Figure 9 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken on the plane of line 9-9 of Figure 8.

Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken on the line Hi-i ii of Figure 2.

section taken embodying angle iron vertical corner members 5 rigidly connected are closed side walls A sheet metal forming the of the lower compartment H.

of the wall i1. Each side of the upper compartment I is provided with a closure 20 adapted to provide an awning when opened and comprising upper and lower sections 21 and 22 hinged together at 23, the upper section bein hinged at 24 to the roof structure 15. The front of compartment it is similarly provided with a similar closure 20a. Guide channels 25 are secured on the inside of the corner frame members at opposite sides of the opening closed by each closure 29, and two horizontally alined spring projected sliding bolts 26, 2e are mounted on the inside and at the lower end of the lower section of said closure and are engaged inthe adjacent guide channels to guide said end of said section during opening and closing of the closure. The channels 25 have openings at 21 to receive the bolts 26, 26 for securing the closures in open and closed positions. Similar guide channels a are secured on the frame members 5 at opposite sides of the opening closed by the closure 20a, and two horizontal sliding bolts 28, 23 are mounted on the inside and near the lower end of closure 20a and are engaged in the channels 250 for guiding the lower section of the latter closure during opening and closing of the same. A handle 29 on the outside of this closure is operatively connected to the adjacent ends of the bolts 28, 28 as at $0 for projecting said bolts into openings provided at 3| in the channels 25a to secure the closure 20a in open and closed positions. The handle 29 is provided with a keycontrolled cylinder lock 32 for locking said handle against turnin and thereby locking the closure 20a. in closed position. Thus, the closure 260, must be unlocked and opened so that access may be had to the bolts 26, 26 for releasing the latter so that the side closures 20 may be opened. A shelf 33 may be mounted in the upper portion and at the back of compartment Ill to support stored magazines or papers therein. Similar shelves 3 are provided in the compartment H.

Hinged at the lower rear or inner corner thereof to the partition wall 9, as at 35, adjacent but inwardly of each side opening of the upper compartment i0 is a newspaper or magazine rack 35 having a plurality of pockets 31, the bottoms of hese racks are adapted to swing vertically through the adjacent openings between a horizontal inoperative position completely within the upper compartment Ill and upon the partition wall 9 as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1 and 4, and a vertical operative position mainly outside said compartment as shown in Figures 1 and 5. When the racks 36 are in the operative position, the closures 29 are open and form awnings therefor to protect the newspapers and/or magazines in said racks.

The front of the lower compartment is provided with a pair of similar hollow doors 38, 33, each pivotally mounted as at 39 intermediate the width thereof and havingracks 40 and Al on one face thereof for reception of newspapers or magazines. between the doors 38, 38 and fixed at its ends to the front frame members 5 and "I, and one side of each of said doors has a stop flange 63 adapted to coact with this jamb and one of the frame members 5 to limit turning of the door to one Thus, the doors may be disposed with the racks Ml and 41 positioned outside the lower compartment as shown with respect to one of the doors in Figure 1, or with said racks positioned within said compartment as shown in Figthe opposite faces thereof.

A vertical jamb 42 is provided for and ures 4 and 8. Each door 38 is provided at the top with holes at at opposite sides of and at equal distances from the pivots 39, and an inverted substantially U-shaped locking member has its legs 4% vertically slidable through the wall 9 and the front frame member 6 and arranged to engage in one hole 44 of each door to secure the doors 38 against turnin when the racks in and M are disposed in either position. The lockingmember 45 has its intermediate portion located in the front of the upper compartment so that it cannot be reached and released until the front closure 20a is unlocked and opened.

A plurality of fraces 41 are secured on the outside of a fixed vertical wall or walls of the cabinet for removably holding a plurality of reversible panels 58 having advertising matter on Thus, the advertismg matter may be conspicuously displayed and changed from time to time, and the advertising spaces may be rented to those who wish to advertise. Each frame is preferably adapted to hold a set of six panels so that each set may provide different advertising matter for each month of a year. The panels are preferably made of sheet metal having the advertising matter provided thereon by lithographing or the like, so as to resist deterioration from exposure to the elements. As shown, two of the frames are provided on the back walls, one above the other. Each frame comprises fixed channel members 49 at the top, bottom and one side, a fixed L-shaped member St at the other side (Figs. 2 and 5) spaced from the adjacent wall 12 or i3, and a removable L- shaped closure strip 5% for the space between the member 58 and the wall l2 or 13, the strip 5| having its shorter flange interlocked with the shorter or narrower flange of the member 50 and having its longer or wider flange removably and slidably bolted at 52 to the adjacent frame member 5. The longer flange of strip 5% has open slots 53 so that upon loosening the bolts at 52, said strip may be slid inwardly as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5 to disengage the shorter flange of said strip from the shorter flange of member 50 and to disengage the longer flange of said strip from the bolts at 52, whereupon the strip 5i may be tilted about a longitudinal axis and removed without removing the bolts. Upon removing the strip 5 the panels 48 may be readily removed from and inserted in the frame. Other frames may be provided on the walls I, if desired.

The corner frame members 5 extend below the bottom wall 8 to form supporting legs 54 for the cabinet. The legs 5 1 are equipped with feet 55 which are vertically adjustable for levelling the cabinet when placed on sloping or uneven surfaces.

From the foregoing description, the construction, manner of use, and advantages of the present cabinet will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Modifications and changes in details of construction are contemplated within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

In a news stand cabinet comprising a base, forward and rear pairs of angle iron uprights rising from the base, a cover supported by the upper ends of the uprights and overlying the base, a rear wall extending between the rear uprights and also extending between the base and the cover, said forward uprights having rearwardly extending flanges and forward flanges 7 that extend toward each other, said rear uprights tending flange, facretaining the side closures in their open or closed 01 to the rear faces position.

- g upper and lower References Cited in the file of this patent er for vertical sWing- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS d lower apertures for selecl0 ges facmg the 15 d to th cover 20 Number Name Date 442, 02 Ritchie Dec. 9, 1890 719,758 Custer Feb. 3, 1903 912,166 Pomeroy Feb. 9, 1909 1,363,130 Kuder Dec. 21, 1920 1,512,694 Kallnbach Oct. 21, 1924 1,526,698 DiCa-I'IO Feb. 17, 1925 1,551,902 Nelson Sept, 1, 1925 1,654,616 Spann Jan. 3, 1928 ,66 ,885 Dell Mar. 20, 1928 1,696,317 OBoyle Dec. 25, 1928 1,728,134 Petta Sept, 10, 1929, 1,817,062 Byrnes Aug. 4, 1931 1,880,099 Marsh Sept. 27, 932 1,901,991 Simanek Mar. 21, 1933 2,457,248 Lemke Dec. 28, 1948 e guide tracks, FOREIGN PATENTS pper and lower Number Country Date i means 25 342,429 Germany June 27, 1919 

